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acute angle adjacent angles altitude angle formed angle opposite apothem ARGUMENT REASONS assigned value base angles bisects chord circumscribed common measure Construct a square Construct a triangle decagon diagonals diameter discussion are left divided Draw equal angles equal respectively equiangular polygon equilateral triangle exercise exterior angles figure Find the area Find the locus geometric given circle given line given point given triangle greater HINT hypotenuse inches included angle isosceles trapezoid isosceles triangle length less limit line joining lines are cut mean proportional measure-number median mid-points number of sides obtuse opposite sides parallelogram perimeter plane PROBLEM prolonged PROPOSITION quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular inscribed regular polygon rhombus right angles right triangle secant similar triangles straight line student tangent THEOREM third side transversal trapezoid triangle ABC unequal variable vertex angle vertices
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Page 281 - The bisector of an angle of a triangle divides the opposite side into segments proportional to the adjacent sides.
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Page 232 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equivalent to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 268 - S' denote the areas of two circles, R and R' their radii, and D and D' their diameters. Then, I . 5*1 = =»!. That is, the areas of two circles are to each other as the squares of their radii, or as the squares of their diameters.
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Page 28 - Two triangles are congruent if two sides and the included angle of one are equal respectively to two sides and the included angle of the other.
Page 226 - Two triangles which have an angle of one equal to the supplement of an angle of the other are to each other as the products of the sides including the supplementary angles.
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